Last night we went to see the Australian film Ten Canoes. Set in the Northern Territory it was a funny sad story with wonderful visuals and a story that we could all do well to take notice of.While trying to think how I could include the visuals without infringing anything I remembered our tree near the end of the valley. In the Ten Canoes they were making canoes out of the paper bark tree but here our local tribe used the bark of the red gums. The tree in the photo didnt actually have a canoe taken from it but two quite large containers taken from it possible for slinging a baby or just as a carrying container or even more probably shields.
If you can get to see this film it is well worth seeing.
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I wrote a posting about this film Penny. What an unusual film it was, slow-moving but the two stories were told so well. Certainly all Australians ought to see it.
W.
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